so...

today has been a long day. it started at 8:30am for an adventure of dreaded shopping. i survived a nearly 12 hour day at 2 malls, 1 outlet mall, a craft store and a plethora of many other retail stores that have gone crazy with Christmas shopping. this is an amazing feat for me as i seriously get high anxiety in the overcrowded malls during the Christmas shopping season. people are so pushy, mean and have no qualms about knocking you out of their way to get to the gift that they want to purchase. 

my secret: i just stayed focused and kept myself medicated with a margarita and coffee!! not at the same time of course. yum.